Global coronavirus cases pushed past 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. The respiratory disease has infected at least four times the average number of people struck down with severe influenza illnesses annually, according to the World Health Organization. It took almost six months to reach 10 million cases after the first infection was reported in Wuhan, China, in early January. The United States is responsible for around 5 million cases, Brazil 3 million and India 2 million. In the United States, children began returning to their classrooms last week, even as controversy over school safety swirled.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2020 03:50 UTC